Oriented, polymer-stabilized carbon nanotube films: Influence of dispersion rheology

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Allen, Ranulfo ^a   Bao, Zhenan ^a   Fuller, Gerald G ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; CARBON NANOTUBE FILMS; FILM CHARACTERISTICS; FILM QUALITY; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

ALIGNMENT; CARBON; RHEOLOGY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); THIN FILMS;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84871019910     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/1/015709     Document Type: Article

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